Get Those Wheels Spinning for the Tour de Fleece!
For spinners and cycling fans, it’s an exhilarating, challenging, and gorgeous three-week event: the Tour de Fleece. Or France, for those who require two wheels.
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For spinners and cycling fans, it’s an exhilarating, challenging, and gorgeous three-week event: the Tour de Fleece. Or France, for those who require two wheels.
Today I present A Tale of Two Sheepies: the story of my first adventures with raw wool.
Have you wanted to choose and spin your own fleece, but had no idea where to start? Join Judith at Estes Wool Market in Colorado and learn how to confidently select, wash, and prepare fleece for spinning.
Putting yourself out there socially, be it in person or online, can be downright scary for many of us—including me. However, thanks to my Tour de Fleece “home base” of about 50 Team Spin Off teammates, I’m declaring this my favorite Tour to date.
In any race of endurance, staying motivated is crucial to crossing the finish line.
Debbie Held shares her list of alternative Tour de Fleece viewing and listening!
Here are Debbie's tips for charting out a successful Tour de Fleece.
Spinners, there is only one more week until Le Tour de Fleece 2017 is in the books.
At the close of each Tour de Fleece, I enjoy taking a few moments to reflect upon my accomplishments, both the yarns I’ve spun as well as lessons gathered during the ride itself.
Before you say that you have a day job and therefore don’t partake in spinning competitions, let me try to convince you that the Tour de Fleece is totally not a competition and instead just a whole lot of fun.
A well-skirted sheep’s fleece that has been raised with a handspinner in mind saves precious time in preparation, so that we can get to the good part—spinning! But do you know the true cost of a sheep’s fleece?
Learn everything you need to know about washing wool in this FREE eBook that discusses choosing your fiber, washing wool, and washing fleece fibers!